Water-closet-seat guard.



S. DIGGLE.

WATER CLOSET SEAT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. I915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

'5k/nu eZ Patented June 13, 1916.

S. DIGGLE;

I WATER CLOSET SEAT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1915.

1,1 86,556. Patented June 13,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

SAMUEL DIGGLE, OF BRI XTON, ENGLAND.

WATER-GLOSET SEAE GUARD.

Application filed March. 29, 1915.

ball whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL DIGGLE, a

subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and resident ofBrixton, county of London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Appertaining to lVater-Closet-Seat Guards, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to the seatsof water-closets and the like in which the seat is provided with meanswhereby a clean, sanitary and unused surface is presented to eachindividual user. a V

The surface of seats of closets, especially those of publicconveniences, owing to repeated use soon become soiled and areoften themeans of distributing germs and spreading disease when used by uncleanlypersons. It has therefore been found necessary that some hygienic deviceshould be employed for the protection of health and the isolation orprevention of contagious diseases, and for this purpose pads comprisinga series of leaves or layers have been attached to the ordinary seat ofa water-closet or the like, and by the removal of the upper layer orsheet an entirely new and unused surface is presented to each individualuser.

The attachment of the hygienic pad or the like to the permanent seat ofthe water-closet is eifected by means of metal or other clips, in suchmanner that the pad may be quickly attached or removed. In some casesthe sheets of paper or the like are provided with suitable tabs which,when the sheets are cut to shape, extend beyond the edges of the sheets,said tabs when the sheets are made up into-pads being folded inward,whereby the removal of the upper or used sheet can be quickly and easilyeflteeted by the user.

Up to the present no means have been provided to insure the certainty ofaction, the prevention of waste or the simplicity of operation, or thecontact of the hand with a soiled sheet in cases where the tab is not employed, in all cases it being possible to tear off more than one sheetat a time.

The present invention has for its object to overcome these defects inthe following manner, reference being had to the accompanying sheets ofdrawings, in which,

Figure l is a plan View of one form of my invention showing one sheetpartially 'removed to expose the finger engaging portion of the sheetbeneath. Fig. 2 is a view simi- Specification of Letters Patent.

atented June 13, 1916.

Serial No. 17,821.

lar to Fig. sheet.

In carrying out the present invention, sheets of paper, medicinallytreated or not,

1 showing a modified form of with central openings are arrangedtogether.

But, unlike previous arrangements, such tabs when the sheets are cut toshape do not extend beyond the edges of the sheets, nor

are they arranged to coincide with or to be superimposed one on another,but are so positioned that the tab of one sheet 1s on the opposite sideof the transverse center line of the pad to the tab on the next andsucceed- 7 ing sheet and folded inward, leaving no side extension, andsuch an arrangement is shown in Fig.1, which shows the top sheet of apad partly torn away.

The tab (6 is formed by slitting the sheet along the line b and foldingthe portion a inward and downward on to the top surface of the sheetalong the hne 0, leaving a cutaway portion.

To remove the top sheet it is only neces sary to exert a pull upon thetab at in the direction of the arrow or other indicating mark (Z, or toinsert a finger under the edge of said top sheet, lifting the same,whereupon it can be torn away without soiling the hands. The removal ofthe top sheet now allows of the tab a of the next sheet slightly risingso that it can be grasped and the sheet pulled off in the direction ofthe mark '0, or a finger can be inserted under the edge 0 of the sheet,raising the same so that it can be pulled off. In some cases, however,the tab (4 may be dispensed with and a portion of each sheet of the sameshape and size as the tab a cut away, that is to say, as shown in Fig.2, the slit 6 being extended along the line 0, cutting away the portiona, said portion a, which in the previous example would be the tab 0;,being shown by hatching, or said cut-away portion ofthe mark c to removesaid next sheet It forms a feature with the invention that .not only.isthe resultant pad composed of sanitary hygieniowaterproof sheets 01paper arrcnged in a fool-proof manner, but a that the sheetsmay beadvantageously used foradvertising purposes, such a medium be ingsuitable for bringing announcements under the notice of persons who arenot at-' tracted in the ordinary way by the usual advertisements. V V

The hygienic pad has the advantage that i it can be produced verycheaply, the cost being exceedingly small and little more thantheordinary toilet roll, hence it would be universally adopted; also thedetachment of ztheipr'eviously used upper papersheetfis extremelysimple, and as quickly re- ,moved as the tearingoflfof a portion from anordinary perforated toilet roll, consequently persons would have thesense of relief in knowing that when visiting a public convenience theywould be occupying a Having now described my invention, what 7 7 Copiesof this patent may beebtained {or five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, 1 i Washingtoml). G. i

'I claim as new'and desire to secure by Let-' ters Patent of the UnitedStates 'is 1. A sanitary pad of the class described,

ing, and also having a cut-away portion eX- tending inwardly on an arefrom the pe-' F ripheral edge thereof and meeting with a radiallydisposed finger engaging edge, the

"cutaway portionof one sheet being reo versely related to the cut-awayportion of an adjacent sheet to permit the sheets to be removed inopposite directions. 7

signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, SAMUEL DIGGLE." V V Witnesses:

BENJ. THos. IQINGQ, RoB'r. H NTER.

5U In testimony, whereof I have affixed my

